Title IX in the Courts
Here's the latest Title IX litigation news out of California.
Here's the latest Title IX litigation news out of California.
Christina Hoff Sommers has a great article over at National Review Online about the potential perils of using Title IX as a "gender equity hammer" to get more women into the hard sciences.
In USA Today'sweekend magazine, Cokie Roberts interviewed tennis legend Billie Jean King about the legacy of Title IX and women in sports.
Earlier this week, former Howard University wrestling coach Wade Hughes had a fabulous article on theroot.com about Title IX at Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Christina Hoff Sommers has a fabulous piece in the March/April issue of The American magazine about the push to apply Title IX on science education.
The College Sports Council released some interesting datatoday about Title IX and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The CSC's study shows that HBCUs have trouble meeting Title IX's strict proportionality test (a school's gender ratio of enrollment must match its gender ratio in athletics to pass the test).
The NCAA announced this week that women athletes in Division III will not be allowed to practice with men, except in strictly limited circumstances.
Here's the latest good news for women in sports.
As if the world needed more evidence of how absurd and capricious Title IX enforcement has become, a former University of Iowa law professor is happy to provide another example.
Harvard recently sponsored a Title IX discussion featuring academics that support the law and others who have problems with it. Before you get excited, I should explain that those who took issue with Title IX, did so not because Title IX's strict gender quotas have been used as a weapon to limit male athletic participation, but because it has reinforced "sex segregation":
Over at the USA Today, Christine Brennan laments that of the five candidates for the job of U.S. women's soccer coach, three candidates are men, while only two are women. Brennan is also concerned at the declining percentage of female coaches on intercollegiate women's teams. She suspects foul play.
IWF's Charlotte Hays and Allison Kasic discuss the 35th anniversary of Title IX, the landmark legislation that banned sex discrimination in schools receiving federal funds.
In a column for Sports Illustrated's website (SI.com) Jessica Gavora does a fabulous job of laying out the reality of the contemporary debate over Title IX.
Jessica Gavora had a fabulous article over at NRO last week about how we must not allow Title IX's gender Quotas to enter our nation's high schools.
Newsweek has a great web-exclusive interview on Title IX with Jessica Gavora of the College Sports Council.
Earlier this week, USA Today featured two opposing op-eds on the need for Title IX reform.
Some of the athletes who are victims of the recent Title IX cuts at James Madison University.
Fresh off the heels of the USA Today story we talked about a lot here on Inkwell, National Public Radio had a segment on Title IX reform.
Thanks, Allison, for highlighting the unbelievable article in USA Today on Title IX and JMU.
This morning USA Today has an important article on the massive Title IX cuts at James Madison University that we've been covering since September.
USA Today reports on massive Title IX cuts at James Madison University
IWF releases a press release applauding the College Sports Council on their work against Title IX.
The Independent Women's Forum is pleased to announce the winners of the 2007-2008 IWF College Essay Contest.